Traveling-bag fastening



(No Model.)

J. BAUNAOH.

TMWELINGl BAG PASTBMNG.

1\T .144,2O5I Y Patented Jan. 6, 1891.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN BAUNACH, OF NEWARK, NEV JERSEY.

TRAVELlNG-BAG FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 444,205, dated January 6, 1891.

Application iiled May 3l, 1890. Serial No. 353,801. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN BAUNACH, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Snap Catches; and I do hereby declare the following to be af ull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a snap catch or fastener for satchels and bags which shall be comparatively inexpensive and simplein construction, as well as effective and automatic in operation.

The invention consists in the improved catch or fastener and in the arrangement and combination of the several parts thereof, as hereinafter shown and described, and finally pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts wherever they occur, Figure I represents in elevation an ordinary bagframe with my improved snap-catch attached thereto. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, showing the j a'ws opened and exposing a portion of said catch secured to one of said jaws. Fig. 3 is a detail of said portion. Fig. t is a central longitudinal section of the parts which are secured to thev opposite jaw. Fig. 5 repsents in a top, edge, and end view the catching-lever; and Fig. (5, a plan and edge view of the spring employedin my device.

In said drawings, a indicates the case, in which certain parts of the catching mechanism are inclosed, and which is secured to the outer jaw of the bag-frame, in the present instance at the corners thereof.

b and c indicate the finger-piece and tailpiece, respectively', which constitute the catching-lever, which is provided with laterallyextending journals tl. Said tail-piece projects approximately at a right angle from said nger-piece, the journals being located at or near the junction of the two parts, as indicated in Fig. 4. Said finger-piece is 1ocated outside of the inclosing case c, and the tail-piece projects through said case and through the bag-frame, as shown, apertures being formed in the said parts for the purpose. rlhe pivots or journals d also have their bearings inside of the case, as shown.

e indicates a spring, which lies inside the case and is preferably secured thereto, and has an aperture or opening therein, through which said tail-piece passes, and whichallows the spring to bear firmly upon the journals or pivots cl, which are so faced where the spring lies upon them as that said spring serves to hold the catch both in its open and closed position, as will be \understood. It will be evident, however, that the spring may be secured to the bag-frame or lie loose in the case, if preferred, and perform the same functions.

g indicates lugs projecting from the ends of the case, by means of which,in the present instance, the case is secured to the bag-frame, they being passed through apertures therein and clinched upon the inside thereof, thus forming a very convenient, cheap, and secure fastening.

h and 7l indicate two hooks, which are firmly secured to the jaw of the frame opposite to that on which the case issecured, one of which t' automatically engages in holding relation with the tail-piece when the bag is closed, and the other engages automatically with said tail-piece when the bag is opened and throws it again in position to engage the hook i when the bag is closed, as will be understood. lVhen the finger-piece is thrownv upward to release the catch or tail-piece to open the bag, said tail-piece is thereby thrown into position to be engaged by the hook h, when the bag is opened, as above described. By this arrangement and operation of the parts the catch is prevented from being left open by accident or carelessness, as will be obvious. It will be observed that the finger-piece is so adj usted in relation to the case as that the end thereof can be conveniently seized by the fingers to raise it up when opening the bag, as vwill be understood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

A snap-catch for bag-frames, consisting of a case adapted to be secured to the outside IOO jaw of said frame, a linger-piece carrying a tail-piece and laterally-projeeting pivots or journals, said finger-piece lying outside of said ease and the tailpieee passing through said ease and bag-fralne,and said pivots having their bearings inside of said ease,aspring arranged to bear upon said pivots to hold the parts in au open or closed position, two oppositely-proj eetin g hooks secured to the inner jaw of said bag-frame, one of which is adapted to automatically engage in holding relation with said tail-piece when the bag is Closed, and the other when the bag is being opened,

to automatically engage with and throw said tail-piece back into position to engage again with the opposite hook when the bag is being Closed, substantially as described, for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I elaim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this Sith day of 2o May, 1890.

JOHN BA UNACH.

'Witnesses OLIVER BRAKE, GEO. C. KEKR. 

